Accountant - Nairobi

Job summary

The Accountant will be responsible to perform the daily accounting functions, support the month end and year end processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting and work closely with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist in continuously seeking for the improvement, simplification and correct appropriation of financial processes and metrics across the organization
• Giving daily and weekly updates aimed at improving financial records.
• Updating and maintaining accurate and timely accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions.
• Perform daily reconciliation of banks and brokers, PSP transactions, client liabilities and any other reconciliation required.
• Monitor and update cash book records timeously for reporting of the global cash position and forecasts.
• Daily preparation of client segregation report and financial report.
• Processing of supplier invoices and vendor management in line with payment terms and DOA.
• Ensure timely processing and reporting to the regulatory authorities such as KRA, NSSF, NITA, NHIF, NEA and others that may arise.
• Run the month end closing process, prepare the management accounts with supporting schedules and provide variance analysis.
• Implementing and maintaining of internal financial controls and procedures.
• Assisting in preparation of timely and accurate financial management records to enable corporate dashboards consolidating key figures across the organization.
• Assist in budget preparation and monitor actual performance against budgets reporting on significant variance.
• Assisting with preparation and coordination of the audit process.
• Work with the Financial Controller and the firm's auditors to prepare corporation tax computations.

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